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https://learning.flatironschool.com/courses/7099/pages/environment-setup-code-along?module_item_id=608392

Concern

There is a bad link on this page within the Pipenv section. Points to :https://pipenv.pypa.io/en/latest/installation/

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update the link

Canvas Link

https://learning.flatironschool.com/courses/6049/pages/environment-setup?module_item_id=467997

Concern

We ask students to run commands in their terminal, then notice changes in 'the directory'. We might want to specify that students should fork and clone this lab, so they know where to look. I can see students running these commands in their terminal without forking and cloning, then becoming confused as to where they should look.

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https://my.learn.co/courses/653/pages/environment-setup?module_item_id=83719

Concern

In this lesson, we tell students to install 3.9.2 and then set it as the global Python version. We then also ask them to re-install pipenv, which they should have already done earlier.

We then tell them to run a command using 3.8.13, which seems to be causing confusion for students and occasionally results in environment issues.

Why are we having students do this? To just have them practice managing different Python versions? Why don't we tell students to reset the global version to 3.8.13, as that's the version that's used throughout the course? (According to my knowledge.)

I'm happy to open up a PR that resolves these issues / ambiguities, but I don't know what I should be adding at present - this lesson is just too vague and confusing with its purpose, intent, and direction.

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https://learning.flatironschool.com/courses/6875/pages/environment-setup-code-along?module_item_id=581091

Concern

After having the student type the command pipenv --python 3.11 the instructions say that it will generate a PipFile and PipFile.lock file and it does not, it only creates the PipFile. Once the student runs the next command pipenv install requests, that is when the lock file is generated.

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Canvas Link

https://learning.flatironschool.com/courses/6274/pages/environment-setup?module_item_id=554117

Concern

link in "To install pipenv follow the instructions here pipenv install" leads to 404 page

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Canvas Link

https://learning.flatironschool.com/courses/6049/pages/environment-setup?module_item_id=467997

Concern

When I set my global version of python to 3.9.2 using pyenv as per the instructions, I was no longer able to use pipenv. Once I switched back to 3.8.13 (using pyenv), I was able to use pipenv again. I'm not sure if other people have already experienced this, but we should tell students to set their global version to a version of python that pipenv can work with.

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Canvas Link

https://learning.flatironschool.com/courses/6329/pages/environment-setup?module_item_id=563674

Concern

Every time I open up a new lab I cannot use pip commands without first running a python 3.8.13 shell. Resetting the global python version back to 3.8.13 does not work

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Canvas Link

https://learning.flatironschool.com/courses/6049/pages/environment-setup?module_item_id=467997

Concern

This lesson tell students how to activate the virtualenv, but not how to deactivate it, nor does the shell itself give any hints in the terminal.

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Simply add a line instructing how to deactivate the virtualenv